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Second World War
A global conflict of occupation, genocide, resistance and mass mobilisation from 1939 to 1945.
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British History
Power, belief and everyday life across the changing kingdoms and nations of Britain.
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First World War
The alliances, empires, societies and battlefronts transformed by global war from 1914 to 1918.
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Cold War
Nuclear rivalry, competing ideologies and proxy conflicts after 1945.
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Roman History
The republic, empire and communities that shaped the ancient Mediterranean world.
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Industrial Revolution
Mechanisation, fossil energy and factory production transformed work, cities and global exchange.
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Napoleonic Wars
Coalitions, campaigns and political upheaval across Europe from 1803 to 1815.
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Nazi Germany
The rise, rule and destruction of a racial dictatorship, studied without sensationalism or apology.
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British Empire
Conquest, trade, settlement, resistance and decolonisation across a global empire.
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Medieval History
Faith, power, trade and daily life in Europe and beyond from c. 500 to 1500.
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Ancient Greece
City-states, warfare, politics and culture across the ancient Greek world.
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Falklands War
The sovereignty dispute, diplomacy and seventy-four-day conflict of 1982.
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Royal History
Monarchy as government, performance and political power across the centuries.
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Military History
How armed forces, technology, strategy and civilian societies shape conflict.
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Early Modern History
Reformation, state-building, encounter and exchange from c. 1500 to 1800.
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Modern History
Revolution, industry and global change from the nineteenth century onwards.
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English Civil War
The wars, regicide and experiments in government that transformed the Stuart kingdoms.
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Empire and Colonial History
Expansion, resistance and decolonisation examined from multiple perspectives.
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Political History
Institutions, ideas, elections and struggles over who holds power.
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Science and Technology
Discoveries and inventions understood through the people and societies that produced them.
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Social History
Work, family, migration and everyday experience recovered from the historical record.
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German Empire
Unification, industrial power, imperial politics and the collapse of the Kaiserreich in 1918.
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French History
Monarchy, revolution, republic, empire, war and social change across France's past.
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German History
The changing states, societies and political orders of central Europe and modern Germany.
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Russian History
Autocracy, empire, revolution, Soviet power and the contested remaking of Russia.
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American History
Indigenous worlds, colonisation, revolution, slavery, expansion and struggles over citizenship.
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Chinese History
Dynasties, states, societies, revolutions and global connections across China's long history.
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Japanese History
Court, warrior rule, early modern society, empire, defeat and post-war transformation.
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Indian History
Empires, religions, commerce, colonial rule, independence and partition across South Asia.
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Irish History
Kingdoms, conquest, plantation, union, revolution, partition and modern Ireland.
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Ottoman Empire
Six centuries of imperial government across south-east Europe, western Asia and North Africa.
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Byzantine Empire
The eastern Roman Empire from late antiquity to the fall of Constantinople.
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Mongol Empire
Conquest and exchange across the largest contiguous land empire in history.
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French Revolution
The collapse of Bourbon monarchy, popular mobilisation, terror and the remaking of political citizenship.
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Russian Revolution
War, state collapse, competing revolutions and Bolshevik victory between 1917 and 1922.
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American Revolution
Colonial rebellion, independence, war and the creation of a republic built alongside slavery.
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Victorian Britain
Industry, reform, empire, inequality and changing everyday life during Victoria's reign.
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Reformation
Religious reform, political power and confessional division in early modern Europe.
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Renaissance
Classical learning, artistic experiment, patronage and political change across Europe.
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Seven Years' War
A global struggle fought across Europe, North America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia.
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Crimean War
Alliance warfare, siege, logistics and reform around the Black Sea between 1853 and 1856.
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American Civil War
Secession, slavery, emancipation and the survival of the United States between 1861 and 1865.
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Korean War
Civil and international war that entrenched division on the Korean peninsula.
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Vietnam War
Decolonisation, civil conflict and Cold War intervention in Vietnam and neighbouring states.
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Wars of the Roses
Dynastic conflict, noble power and political instability in fifteenth-century England.
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Hundred Years' War
A long sequence of conflicts that transformed monarchy, warfare and identity in France and England.
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Spanish Civil War
Revolution, counter-revolution and international intervention in Spain from 1936 to 1939.
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Fascism
Ultranationalist movements and dictatorships built on hierarchy, violence and the destruction of democracy.
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Communism
Ideas, revolutions, states and social movements formed around competing claims to common ownership and equality.
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Women's History
Power, work, family, politics and resistance examined through women's varied historical experiences.
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History of Medicine
Changing explanations of disease, systems of care, public health and medical power.
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Slavery
Systems of coerced labour, racialisation, resistance and abolition across world history.
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Civil Rights
Movements that challenged racial segregation, disenfranchisement and unequal citizenship.
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